What's the size in terms of sales of the consumer electronics market
for the US , Europe, Asia and the rest of the world from 2002-2006?
What percentage of these will be networked?
Numbers year by year would be best.
By networked I refer to systems which are compatible with one or more of
the following: power-line, home-rf, rfid, bluetooth, wlan etc.

Many thanks

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Clarification of Question by waterwater-ga on 04 Jul 2002 09:56 PDT

Yes it's a forward looking projection that I would be looking for.  I
understand that by definition these numbers are speculative, but I'm
looking for a more detailed breakdown of these projections.

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Clarification of Question by waterwater-ga on 08 Jul 2002 01:22 PDT

Answer-bot: thanks for your tips

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Request for Question Clarification by claudietta-ga on 24 Jul 2002 01:37 PDT

Dear waterwater,

Is the market you are referring to the Audio and Video Equipment market?

claudietta

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Clarification of Question by waterwater-ga on 28 Jul 2002 20:01 PDT

Thanks for asking.  Pardon the reply, as I was on holiday over the
weekend.
I'm not just referring to the audio or video market; but rather the
much broader market for 'smart' appliances such as consumer
electronics, home lighting / temperature / energy controls, building
automation and, of course entertainment systems for audio and video
equipment.

Are you searching for a speculative comment? 
As 2002-2006 looks forward in the future.  

Therefore definitive numbers wouldn't be relevent 
and I could only offer you predictions or opinions. 
If you could please clarify I'm sure you'll get 
the answer you need.

Answerbot-ga

Does this help with your question?
I will note that there are reports directly relating to 
your query but at a cost. This is a quick compilation 
of relevant links you may find useful as your question
hasn't been answered yet.


Market Analysis 

There are a couple charts in this link which may
help predict future market growth in networking

http://www.pcslighting.com/UPB/UPB_Overview.pdf

It also notes that powerline has 'potential' revenues upwards of 3
billion annually.


On CEDMagazine's Homepage

"This market is poised to grow to $243 million in 2001, up from $123
million last year. By 2006, the global market will be worth $2.4
billion. The total high-speed residential connectivity market, which
also includes residential gateways and structured wiring systems, will
be worth $10.8 billion by 2006."

http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/2002/0102/id7.htm


From Pratically Networked's Homepage

"Cahners In-Stat/MDR sees new life coming in the powerline home
networking market when the HomePlug standard arrives. They expect the
market to go from $18 million in 2001 to $190 million in 2002, and
potentially as high as $706 million by 2006. "

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/news/news_01_02.htm 


Mobile Webpads using 802.11b and Home-rf from pcstats homepage:

"Mobile web pads and digital audio receivers are two of the Internet
appliance categories that are expected to help validate the Internet
appliance space. Mobile web pad worldwide shipments are forecast to
grow to 23.1 million units by 2006, a market worth $7.8 billion.
Digital audio receivers shipments will reach 23.2 million units by
2006, a market worth $3.4 billion."

http://www.pcstats.com/releaseview.cfm?releaseID=570


Panasonic research has put together some really good charts
on the matter at:

http://www.research.panasonic.com/ieee/comsoc_src/citr_082701.pdf


From Intel's site about home Networking:

"Cahners In-Stat Group predicts more than 31 million homes will have 2
or more computers by 2003.

The Gartner Group forecasts that by 2006, nearly three-quarters of
U.S. households will be wired for Internet access.

Gartner expects 25 percent of the above households to spend US$10,000
online, also by 2006.

Cahners In-Stat Group expects a $2.4 billion residential gateway
market segment by 2003."

http://www.intel.com/ial/home/connected/homenet.htm


The Consumer Electronics Association Homepage has 
some survey info:

http://www.ce.org/market_research/toplines.asp?CRSCode=CRS137
http://www.ce.org/market_research/toplines.asp?CRSCode=CRS161


Another Market prediction for home networking:

http://www.smarthomeforum.com/news/sart_02_010226.shtml


Search terms: powerline future home networking consumer electronics
global 2006


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